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Tom Cotton demands FDA probe into illegal Chinese ingredients in US weight loss drugs

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4 days ago

FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican is demanding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigate whether illegal Chinese ingredients are making their way into weight loss drugs in the United States.Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., called on FDA Commissioner Martin Makary to probe how far unregulated and illegal Chinese active pharmaceutical ingredients have penetrated the U.S. supply chain — and whether they have ended up in popular weight loss drugs."China’s access to America’s pharmaceutical supply chain presents national security risks as well as significant health risks to American patients," Cot...